FIFA Best Awards: How Liverpool players voted as Mo Salah snubbed again

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Mo Salah was snubbed at the FIFA Best Awards, with five Liverpool players involved in voting. Every year since 2016, world football’s governing body has hosted a ceremony to celebrate the best-performing players of the year.

Like with the Ballon d’Or, Ousmane Dembele came out as the winner, while Barcelona‘s Lamine Yamal finished second and Real Madrid‘s Kylian Mbappe came third. Salah, who was voted the fourth best of 2025 at the Ballon d’Or, did not even make the FIFPro Best XI of the year despite scoring 29 goals and providing 18 assists across the 2024/25 campaign – that was 11 more goal contributions than the next best in Europe’s top five leagues.

Aside from Salah, who didn’t vote for himself, Bradley was the only Liverpool player not to go with Salah as his No. Liverpool players vote for Arne Slot The Best FIFA Men’s Coach was also named at the ceremony, with Luis Enrique of Paris Saint-Germain winning the award after lifting the Champions League in May.